Grimm: 2x12 “Season of the Hexenbiest”

“Oh there is a terrible witch in that house
who spewed her poison over me
and scratched me with her long fingernails”

Monroe: “The dark does have its bright side.”

I think I finally understood what was missing – some personal drama. The world of Grimm, as we know it, though in parts scary and all, is still relatively safe when it comes to home. It would have been nice for a change to shake that world up a little bit. I think it’s what the writers tried to do with Juliette, but either they didn’t think it through or they not moving with this story fast enough, because as exciting and promising this twist was in the beginning, I for one am losing interest in it and starting to hope for a better handling of the other side of this coin – relationships between Nick and his Captain. It will be interesting to see how their work dynamic will change.

Nick’s world seems to be falling apart - he learns that Juliette has feelings for the other man, his partner gets bit up and put in the hospital, he is forced to move out and his trailer has been discovered. Add to that lack of sleep and boss who stole your girlfriend that gives a new perspective of what “Grimm on a loose” can do. Frankly that will be a plot development that I  would love to see. We saw the glimpse of it later in the episode when before the fight Monroe asks: “What do you want to do? Arrest them? Or what?” and Nick replies with “Or what”. Not that long ago I didn’t think it was possible.

However in the midst of all this Nick is not alone anymore like he was in the beginning of the series. He has a full support of his partner and a friendship of such a cool Wesen being like Monroe, who happens to have a ‘little old world” guest bedroom (of course he does!). I must admit I liked that Nick preferred to stay with Monroe , and not with Hank. True, Hank is in the hospital and his house is crushed and all, but still Monroe and Nick under one roof that’s a ground for myriad of awesome funny moments. And honestly I’ve been missing a lot Nick/Monroe dynamic, since Hank found out the truth.

Grimmology

Wesen of the hour were Hundjäger (pronounced< i>hoont-yay-gər), vicious dog-like Wesen with heightened tracker talents and relentless sense for pursuing their prey, which is why they become feared hit men, enforcers or bounty hunters. We see one of them attacking Renard’s ally  in Vienna and the others attacking people across the continent before Nick and Monroe grimmed them off in such a style. 

But the true villain of the week however is Adalind who came back to Portland in search of the key and brought all sorts of mayhem with her. She has lost all her super powers but got more power by backing up the other brother. I guess it is true “you don’t have to be a witch to work this kind of magic”… just a woman on the path of revenge.

Some observations   

I don’t know why Monroe hasn’t told Nick the whole truth, I mean he knew why Renard was coming to the shop, he knew about the obsession and that it was “artificially” caused and he said it himself how weird it was that Nick is the only one who Juliette doesn’t remember.

Oh, my god, Juliette! Can you possibly be more clueless! You have been warned about Adalind, you have been told numerous times about the scratch of a cat, yet you spill all kinds of secrets to an almost total stranger who was simply questioning her!

Rosalee was not in the episode, not even over the phone, I did not miss her.

Adalind was staying in room 212 and it was episode 212

Memorable Quotes:

Nick: “Adalind’s back. She went to Hank’s last night and now he is in the hospital.”

Monroe: “Oh My God! What, did he sleep with her again?”
Nick: “Take their ids, cell phones, everything else they have. Take this all back to your place.”
Monroe: “Oh great, all the evidences in my place.”
Nick: “And this”
Monroe: “And the murder weapon too… why not?”

Nick: “I’m not sleeping on the couch anymore”. (Well, right about time)

 

That was a mid-season finale and we are left with mild and survivable cliffhanger: Nick learning the identity of Juliette’s “new” love, which is no shock to us and Captain finding the trailer, which we all knew he would.

Sol’s Rating: 3 out of 5